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The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-09-21

Chill squashes were to be seen, the largest
of which weighed one hundred seventy-four
pounds. There was n fair show Of corn and
seed grain. One trace of field corn, twelve
rowed, raised in Colchester, was the largest
we ever saw of the kinda splendid sample.
Among the premiums awarded were the
following in Floral and Mechanics Hall
Crosby Miller & Son of Pomfret, on exhibit
of meritorious varieties >of apples; A. e.
Richardson of Burlington, on exhibit Of six
varieties of pears and f.. and l.. p. Tracy of
Sbelburn, on exhibit of fifty varieties of APP
pies and twenty varieties Of pears; on eX-
hibits OF maple sugar, to A. N. Buck and
Curtis Wheeler of Fairfax; on cheese, to l.
w. Towers of Richmond and A, ID. White
of Huntington; on butter, to II. NJ. Eddy
and H. G. Gleason of Richmond and G. s.
Paine of Bethel.
The following premiums were awarded in
the department of farm implements and
machinery: DIR. j. G. Rutherford of Burling-
ton, on indestructible steel fence; Baldwin
Manufacturing Company of Burlington, on
dry-air refrigerators st. Adams Foundry
Company of St. Albans, on separator and
cleaner, fodder-shredder and stump-puller
G.. II. Wheeler of Boston, on Eclipse wind
mill and force-pump; Ames Plow Company
of Boston, on Bailey ensilage machine;
Vermont Farm Machine Company of Bel
lows Falls, on Eureka butter-worker, Skin
ner butter-worker, Cooley print, butter
carrier and butter-printer.
The following is the summary of the races
during the fair:
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matter on it, and your compost will supply a
good deal more, it is not advisable to use large
quantities Of cotton seed with tho manure. The
tendency would be to make too much stalk and
too little fruit. Assuming a ten-rail pen TO
| hold $50 bushels, would not put more than
! twenty-five bushels of seed to the pen. A pen
should manure three acres, this would give
eight bushels of cotton seed to the acre. Tt
would pay You to add some acid phosphate to
the compost-say 800 pounds to each pen. Mix
the seed and phosphate, after dampening the
seed and mix this mixture with lot manure.
Put in pens moist, and do not tread it much
only enough to fill up any cavities in the mass.
Penetration of air is requisite to secure rotting
by spring, but it is doubtful if this
will be fully completed even then. Oak leaves
are hard to rot on account of the tanin in them.
But if q part of the material is rotted, that
part viii supply the needs of the crop in the
first part of the season. The remainder will
rot gradually through the summer, and feed
the crop then. This gradual, consecutive rot
ting of manure in the soil is probably desira-
Bile thing in the case of crops, like cotton,
which take long time to complete their
growth. For rapidly maturing crops, a fully
rotted manure is preferable.
S. H j., Lexington Mss.--i have piece of creek
bottom land that is well Sodded with bermuda grass
has been in pasture for several years. Hogs have
rooted it out in holes, making it very uneven The
soil is what we call made land; many years ago was
subject to overflow, is not now; would make bale
of cotton so bushels corn per without f@til
ling now if the bermuda was eradieacd. VIII it
pay to level it and smooth it for the purpose Of
ing hay? When would be the proper time and best
implements to do it with? 1t will require some
thing to cut the turf after blowing; it turns in
an unbroken turf the length of land. How much
nay will it make per acre? My idea is to level and
smooth to use mower if it viii pay. Has not been
plowed for eight or ten years.
You could not devote the land to a more prof
liable crop than bermuda, if good hay has any
value in your locality. The yield would vary,
of course, with the seasons, but you might
safely count upon an average of four to six
tons year. In some localities in Middle
Georgia as much as ten tons arc claimed to
have been taken from an acre of bermuda.
For preparing land use a heavy turn pillow,
with good coulter. A revolving one is best.
A good sulky pillow is best. because it will not
lose its furrow. Lost burrows make the sur
face uneven. Plow only about four inches deep.
After blowing, go over it repeatedly with disc
harrow, and finish off with smoothing har-
row, followed by drag. This work should be
The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1887-11-01
THE SOUTH AS IT is.

We print this week Correspondence from Alabama
giving the status of things in that state This is
written by Mr.. Phinizy, of The Constitution staff
and is the first of series of letters that will cover
every Southern State. Members of our staff will
be sent into every State to talk with the Governor
the agricultural commissioner, and others as to the
social, political and industrial condition of the peo
pie. These letters will cover descriptions of the
famous horse-breeding farms of Kentucky and
Tennessee; the oyster and terrapin farms of Mo-
bile; the corn farms Of Arkansas the sugar plant
atoms of Louisiana; the sheep and cattle ranches
of Texas; the great cotton plantations of the Mis-
sssippi valley, and the unique and special groves
of Florida We shall print about three of the let
tiers each week, and they will give such accurate
and picturesque pictures of life in the south have
never before been printed. Everything will be ia
ken from official sources or from actual observa-
tion -Four Constitution men will be put the
work, and the result will be of greatest interest to
readers north south. No such letters as these
were ever printed on the south.
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things named. But ashes would be greatly
preferable to lime. Mix bushels of quick
limo, or 10 bushels of ashes with q cord of pine
straw (supposing it well tramped) mix the two
thoroughly, and have the mass moist enough
TO insure decomposition. If you cannot get
ashes, reduce the straw with lime, and get
some kainit to supply the needed potash. The
following proportions Of Ingredients are sug-
gested: Reduced straw, one cord; stable ma
nure, the same; cotton seed, 100 bushels;
kanit, 400 pounds. Mix all thoroughly to-
gether, moisten and put in pens, tramping it
well and filling to q height of about four feet,
covering the top with a layer of rich dirt
few inches thick. DO this two or three months
before it is to be applied to the SOIL
Early vegetables and quick growing crops of
all kinds call for thoroughly rotted manure.
They cannot wait for slow decomposition to fur
nish what they need. If you can get the
above well rotted in time it will answer very
well for the vegetables named 1t would he
improved by the addition of some ground bone
or acid phosphate-say one to two hundred
pounds to the acre. Ground bones are prefera-
BILE to acid phosphates ON light sandy soils.
Experience would be the best guide about
planting blackberries. You might try it on
small SCALE
Subscriber Gaylesville, Ala: Is there machine
for hullng COW peas? If So where can it be oh.
tanned and at what COST If not can you give the
best method of hulling and cleaning them?
Have heard of such machine, but recollec-
ton is not distinct. Think it was like n grain
tlresher, with fewer spikes in drum, and made
to reyolve more slowly. Possibly the ordinary
grain rhresh might be made to do the work if
not run too rapidly. Liability to break the
grains of peas is the trouble. Can any one
throw light on this matter? After threshing
they can be cleaned nicely in the old-fash-
Toned grain fan, worked by hand.
C, B. N, Brooksyille Ala 1 have mule that
has swollen ankle; it is little lame at times
Please give me some remedy. Afrend has mare
that has rotten hooCs the hoof cracks open so that
one can not keep shoes on her. Please give him
remedy.
Shave hair from lump, and blister with ONT
ment of one part of biniodide of mercury to
eight of lard. Rub it in eight OF ten minutes
with hand. Halter mule so it cannot reach
the ointment with mouth. Next day wash off
and grease with lard; grease daily until tho
blister gets we'll. If lameness is not relieved,
repeat blister in two weeks.
Sometimes, as in horse which has been
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OUR OWN COLUMN.
-
A Very Sensible Merchant.

NJ. James J. HILL of Bronwood Ga, writes us "a
follows:
am a merchant and have taken subscribers fos
The CONSTITUTION. This did not conflict with my
regular business in the least. MY customers werd
delighted that they could subscribe for The Con!
sTuUTIoN by simply paying dollar and taking d
receipt without the expense Of remittng. on jan,
Jury LIST / received a check for fifty dollars which
got out Of the present boz of The CONSTITUTION fo1
sending In subscribers. THE CONSTITUTION is good
agricultural paper and no farmer should be without
Il. Its liberal terms al low price ought to get
5000 subscribers
In January we VIII give $500 as the first pre- cent to
subscribers, and 600 as the second. Every mer,
chant IN the south ought TO he an agent for Tna
CONSTITUTION. II pleases Your customers and Il
helps you. Mr.. Hin kept his commissions. which
more than paid him for his trouble, and got fifty
dollars as n present. Become an agent at once.
Send in a club, and you may get the five hundred
dollars 10 be given away in january.
The following letter shows whnt our Premium
Gun will do; it never fails TO give satisfaction. Any
Of our subscribers vino contemplate buying O gun
would do well TO try ours:
J. r. Neal, Thomson, Ga: The shotgun sent ID
Mr.. George s Arlington through order giyes
entire satisiactioD lie informs me he shot through
a tobacco box 45 yards.
Willie T. McElroy, Pclzer, Anderson county, s. O.:
am in receipt Of the Waterbury watch sent me- fol-
which am thankful.
We thank Mr. Brown for the following. A letter
like this from purchasers Of the watch and readers
Of tie paper viii help great deal
J. Wesley Brown: received the watch from youI
September Present BOX all o. X. / would have
written sooner but wanted to try II awhile 1t ia
Il splendid tine-keeper; keers as good time as my
high priced watch. Please accept my thanks. You'd
paper IS one Of the best and is all you claim for It,
will stni In club soon. Many good wishes foR
your paper and yourself
John II. Smith, Agency, Mo-: The machine that
ordered on lie 18th came through in good order and
in good shape is giving the best Of satsacton and
would recommend the Premium Machine 70 any
one that wants one and viii advise all Of my rienda
that want a good machine 10 get the Hgh-Arm IA
they want 10 get the worth Of their money.
Bette, Texas, October %, lSs7-Fdtors coGsTITW
TiON. Dear sirs:--I have delayed some time In
writing to you in regard TO the premium high arm
sewing machine. We have tested II thoroughly on
all kinds Of sewing and IL Is as good as we want
II Is al that IL claimed for IT, and every one who
has seen and examined H. pronounce 1t the best for
the money thay ever saw. 1t is u i'm and good
machine. w. u. HAYS.
Cordoll, Ala, october p, ls57.--Editors CoNsTr.
TUTIOs:-l am rle d with my machine. II is just
what you recommended IL to be and gives perfect
satisfaction. There Is ~ better IN my opinion.
Very truly
MaBGAREr T.. RICE.
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DEATHS IN GEORGIA

In Powder springs--Mr. fletcher McGhee.
In Cox Springs-Mrs. Elizabeth Riley.
In Columbls-Mr. u. A. Allen.
In Schley county Mrs. Calvin Owen.
In ToOmbs oro-Dr. ID. Il. Fluker.
In Atlanta-Miss Sallie lcwell
in lawrenceyille-M Mr.. John b. Coffee.
In Hdwkinsville--Mr Hugh H. Barnes.
In Dubin--Dr. r. r. Williams.
In Sumter-Mr. A. b. Raiford.
In Barnesyille-Mr. W. Fleming.
In Blue Ridge Mrs. Mary Green.
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A Pleasant Incident.

From the Montgomery Dispatch.
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson Davis and their two
daughters, MISC Winnie and Mrs. Hayes passed
through the city yesterday enroute for Macon,
wtee they go as guests Of that city 10 attend the
fair On their arrival in this city they were given
quite nm ovation, cannons were fired and hundreds
Of people turned out to pay their respects 10 the dis
tinguishe1 party. One Of the most pleasant incl
dents Of the occasion was that which occurred
during the firing Of the cannon An old, gray
haired veteran approached Captain Clisby, and
asked Captain, what are you firing these guns
for1" "In honor Of the ARRIVAL Of xPresident
Davis, Of the late southern confcdcracy," replied
Captain Clisby. "Wel, captain, was gunner in
the TwcntyGlth Indiana infantry, and am one Of
those who realize that the war Is over and If you
have no objection would like to fire one salute my
seC' Captain Cjsby readily gave his consent for
the Old northern soldier who believed the deud
past should bury its 2eld, 10 fire salute in honor
Of the oxpfcsident Of The Lost cause ana he did it
Ike an Oh gunner an true patriot
when asked his name he pulled ont his note
book and wrote, James Smith, TwentyGhh In
diana battery"
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MARRIED IN GEORGIA.

In Aususta-Mr Frank B. schofeld to Miss Annet
Knowlon.
In Westinghouse. POUNDS to Miss Matte Bar
nett
In Atlanta--Mr Hugh Haean to Miss sall'e c.
Johns n Mr.. Martin II. Amorous TO Miss Emma
Kate Williams
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HUN DC LIHTUIU JDUfUuI
a Moral Parent-'Do You ever play cards?"
mo- and never win" "Why2' "Tne last request
Of my dying father was that would never gamble
in any way" "He must have been a good man"
Eyes, and he had just lost farm On q game Of
poker two days before he died"
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Eor 4 Ccnfs--ncnlly Worlh sI.0O.

Tor two 2eout stamp, q oenis sc viii send No.
yemte i.us Of The Southern Farm, Mr. Grady's
and Dr. Joness farmers magazine
This Is the best farmers magazine In the world.
The NoYemLerissue win contain one article worth
$40 to any Turner II 81 by B. r. Brown, Of Ander.
son county, s C., on new methods Of composing
fertilizers nj home. Mr. Brown claims that his
methods are approved by experience, and he gives
It In detail Every farmer in the south should sec
IT, Send 4 cents for November issue, out November
18th.
The Southern Farm and CONSTRUCTION one year
for s1.o5. The two best papers printed.
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The Very Eeet Offer Made.

Tor 81. G5 think Of that, you can get The Week
ly Constitution and "The Southern Farm"
both one year. You know The Constitution
"The Southern Farm" is the new farmers
magazine printed by H. W. Grady and edited by
DIR. w. l.. Jones. No magazine ever had such
success. Fifty pages every month For @1e5 a
small sum. You get both papers one year, and you
need
NO MORE READING NATTER
RENDER 81 60 gets both one year. Every issue
Of the Southern Farm is worth q years sub
scription. Send S16j at once and get both these
papers, Address The Constitution, Atlanta, Ga,
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Thursday, October 27.--Charle3 l.. Baldwin
aged 49, vas accidentally shot and Instantly killed
IN K0koma, Ind, by bis son while out quail hunt
ing...Hog cholera is raging in spcncorvlle, Ohio,
n farmer named Adam Him losing five hundred
dollars worth Of his finest hogs in one week A
brakeman on the Cleveland and pittsburg raiIrond
was caught between two lumber cars while trying
10 couple them and had Lis head literally torn from
his shoulders, causing death instantly "A tightiv
corked bottle was picked W near Sandy Neck
Beach, Mass, containing letter bearing the date
of September 49, 1890 asking for help Tor passenpers
on board the steamer Sidney Wright which was
suffering from broken crank-pin. The bottle had
been on the waves Of the ocean little over seven
years when picked up.....The vote on the prohib.
ton question in Madison county resulted in q vic
tory for the -prohibltioniss treste over
the canal in Augusta gave way while freight train
was passing over it, and two freight ears fell through
into the canal....A Echoolteacher in sunmeryille.
s. G., was fined ten dollars and cost and sentenced
to twenty days in jail for numerically beating ono
Of his boy pupils for some trivial oiiense The saw
and lumber mills of G. G. LOOMS, Little Rock
Ark were destroyed by fire. causing loss Of $780,
600.
IN THE CITY Cannon, the pickpocket, has been
again released, an1 has init the grit m The proli.
btion contest which takes place on November 18th
Is ,ng warm and both sides are holding nightly
meetings and organizing clubs for the fray....
Eleven cases were booked by detectives agaiust
seven wine room men for violating the prohibition
lay during the exposition deputy w. w. COlqutt
and Agents johnson and Rowe, OF the revenue de-
partnont, captured John McAlpin, Of HARRISON
county, together with the sin he was using I'm
making Illicit whisky. JcAlIiu il now in Fulton
county Jail . Fifteen or twenty cases were disclosed
Of in the United States court agniust persons who
have been violating the revenue laws. Three or
four were di3chmgsd, while IA few received Hight
fines and sentences ana the others received the
extreme penalty Of the law".,..A brilliant wedding
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see in CONSTITUTION, parties making inquiry
atoutt the Spanish gooher pea; have 80 bushels that
/ gathered from one half acre, and farmers that
want them can get them from me at 800 per bush
el, Is pounds to bushel. One bushel is enough TO
plant one acre, Poor sandy land, little graycy
is the most suitable Prepare for cotton with lC0
pounds of gUano to the acre, rows twenty inches
apart with one pea in a hill, and hills from ten TO
twelve inches in drill.
Don't cover vines as we do the old Georgia goob
eles per acre. w. T. NIX.
Trim. GMlnnetL cnnnIu. Gcnr.ia
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foundered, q defective hoof is ever after Sc
GREETED. For this there is no remedy. In
horses, also, that are kept constantly shod, the
hoof gets soft and tender. Relieve by going
unshod as much as possible; running on past
ure and kept off hard roads. Sometimes the
hoof is very brittle from lack of moisture, and
cracks badly. For tho last, apply several times
week mixture of tar and oil well rubbed
on, and put damp sawdust in stall.
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done in March. This blowing and narrowing
will have to be repeated every three or four
years, to insure good yields.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
The Crop Condition.

CHICAGO, July 10.-The following
crop summary will appear in this
weeks issue of the Farmers ReUie,o
During the last week refreshing rains
were experienced quite generally
throughout the States of the Mississ
sippi Valley, though many unvisited
localities suffered from drought. The
winter wheat harvest is now so near
ly completed as to furnish a safe basis
of the estimate of the yield. EST.
mates of the yield per acre by sum-
marizing the report of our correspon-
dents in this issue are as follows:
For seventeen counties in Illinois, II
bushels; nine counties in Indiana
give an average of 154 bushels per
acre; twelve counties in Kansas, Is
bushels, which the former reports in
cline US to think is too high four
counties in Kentucky III bushels;
three counties in Michigan 13 BUSH
els; seven counties in Missouri 1S4.7
bushels; twelve counties in Ohio 16
bushels, and four counties in Wiscon-
sin 16a bushels. The reports on the
condition of wheat are quite uniform
from Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota,
Iowa and Wisconsin. The lowest
percentage of condition as compared
with average crop is 70 from Nebaas-
ka and the highest 70 from Wiscon-
sin. The spring wheat is rapidly ap-
preaching maturity and now in spite
of drouth and insect injury gives
promise of about three-quarters of an
average crop.
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SwantOn.

The Jaw mill situated in Green
Glades. on the farm of Theodore
Beckma. ESQ.,, belonging to Mr., G.
T. West was totally destroyed by
fire on asst Friday evening. Mr..
Beckmanhad been running the mill
but had MT cut any lumber for a few
days, and vas intending to start up
again in a lay or two, and set fire to
a pile of shbs near the mill and a
spark from the fire set the mill on
fire and Destroyed it. Loss about
$500. No insurance.
The farmes are making good use
of the fine Weather and saving their
hay as fast aspossible.
Mr.. Henry Hinebaugh presented
the U. B. Sunday School of this place
with lot of lymnbooks, last week.
A very acceptable gift.
Mr.. Joseph Foster has recovered
from his severe attack of sickness
and is aroundagain as usual.
AS the Democrats are talking of
nominating Baughman for Governor,
We think that"Little Mac" ought to
receive the nomination by the Re-
publicans. With a good man for
governor we can give them a tight
race. The people are awakening all
along the line. The Democratic party
was never so weakened by dissen-
sions and discord, and every Repub-
licn who can ought to begin at the
PRIMARY meeting and work hard I'M
til the going down of the sun on cleo.
ton day.
Mr.. Lorenzo Thrasher, of Deer
Park, was visiting friends IN this
neighborhood Saturday and Sunday
Rev. Mr.. Phillips. of Oakland,
preached in Anderson Chapel last
Sunday evening.
Mr.. G. T. West is building stone
spring house upon his farm.
Mr.. F. G. Browning has removed
from Swanton to the Feevey place,
near his fathers.
George Rheimes received a bad
kick from a horse Saturday.
HoosIER.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
Mountain Lake Park.

AS my letter did not reach its des-
tination in time for last weeks issue,
1 will have to give little more than
usual this week.
We have as resident from Oakland
w. P. Townshend, j. NJ. Dayis, and
Rev. G. H. Lakin; Rev. H. E..
Friend from Johnstown, Md Mrs.
E. J. Stone, G. w. Conner and d.
G. List, of Wheeling; r. w. Arm
strong, Mrs. Frysinger and Mrs.
Beacham. of Baltimore; Mr.. Shay,
of Youngstown, Ohio, with about
enough to fill three snail cottages as
their family; Rev. Rollison, of Kan
sas; Mr.. Bowman, of Rowlesburg !;
Rev. ]. B. Young's family, of Har-
risburg; Mr.. A. Shepley, of Georgia;
Mr.. Carr, of Fairmont Miss Robin
son of Clarksburg.
The accommodation are nearly all
taken up, as there is such a large
gathering of the people.
The invited workers are DIR. Du-
gan Clark, d. B. photograph, Rev. I.
d. Pepper, Rev. R. f. Hudson, Rev.
Mr.. Stocton, Rev. Townshend, Miss
Sallie Boise, Miss Clara Boyd, Miss
Nettie Won Narne. Mrs. Ida Ken
ney, Mrs. Lizzie Smith, Miss Lizzie
Boyd and Mrs. Shay.
Rev. John Thompson is the presid-
ing officer.
1t is estimated that there are fifty
ministers in attendance.
The congregations are large, and
the meetings are attended with great
power.
From the opening 1t would seem
that there had only been one day in
tervening between this and last
years meeting. as the opening of this
was so much like the closing last
year.
J. A. E.
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platform calls for the unconditional
repeal of naturalization laws, modi-
fication of laws permitting and en-
couraging immigration, so that shift
less, criminal and other undesirable
classes may be excluded prohibition
of allen landhoIders, total separation
of church and State, and no interfer-
ence by any church with the Amer
can school system. The platform al
so demands law compelling citizens
to vote at every election.
The State Central Committee was
organized with Oliver Eldridge as
President, Speakers at the meeting
tonight predicted that the new
movement would become national
and would supersede in power the
dominant political party.